Kessler Foundation Podcasts

Welcome to the 2018 6th Annual Kessler NeuroTrauma Conference sponsored by Kessler Institute for Rehabilitation and Kessler Foundation. This conference presents an in-depth look at the art of delivering individualized rehabilitation services to this diverse patient population. Physicians, clinicians and research scientists will provide insight into a range of topics -- from mobility and fatigue to...

Welcome to the 2018 6th Annual Kessler NeuroTrauma Conference sponsored by Kessler Institute for Rehabilitation and Kessler Foundation. This conference presents an in-depth look at the art of delivering individualized rehabilitation services to this diverse patient population. Physicians, clinicians and research scientists will provide insight into a range of topics -- from mobility and fatigue to...

Welcome to the 2018 6th Annual Kessler NeuroTrauma Conference sponsored by Kessler Institute for Rehabilitation and Kessler Foundation. This conference presents an in-depth look at the art of delivering individualized rehabilitation services to this diverse patient population. Physicians, clinicians and research scientists will provide insight into a range of topics -- from mobility and fatigue to...

Welcome to the 2018 6th Annual Kessler NeuroTrauma Conference sponsored by Kessler Institute for Rehabilitation and Kessler Foundation. This conference presents an in-depth look at the art of delivering individualized rehabilitation services to this diverse patient population. Physicians, clinicians and research scientists will provide insight into a range of topics -- from mobility and fatigue to...

Welcome to the 2018 6th Annual Kessler NeuroTrauma Conference sponsored by Kessler Institute for Rehabilitation and Kessler Foundation. This conference presents an in-depth look at the art of delivering individualized rehabilitation services to this diverse patient population. Physicians, clinicians and research scientists will provide insight into a range of topics -- from mobility and fatigue to...

Welcome to a Kessler Foundation Spinal Cord Injury Grand Rounds podcast featuring Jane Mitchell, RN, BSN, CRRN, CCM, Spinal Cord Injury and Ventilator Program Coordinator and Cynthia Nead, COTA, Clinical Equipment Coordinator, both from Kessler Institute for Rehabilitation, West Orange, NJ Ms. Mitchell and Ms. Nead presented “The Caregiver Corner: A Stepping Stone to Home”, a program to support ca...

Welcome to a Kessler Foundation Spinal Cord Injury Grand Rounds podcast featuring Dr. Trevor Dyson-Hudson, Director, Spinal Cord Injury Research and Outcomes & Assessment Research at Kessler Foundation and Mary Shea, MA, OTR, ATP Clinical Manager, Wheelchair Clinic at Kessler Institute for Rehabilitation. Dr. Dyson-Hudson and Ms. Shea will be presenting “Wheelchair Mobility: Lessons Learned & Futu...

Thanks for joining us for the 2018 seventh annual stroke conference “The Pulse of Stroke rehabilitation”. This conference is sponsored by Kessler Institute for Rehabilitation. In this podcast lecture, Karen Nolan, PhD presented “ Robotic Exoskeleton Technology for Gait Rehabilitation Post Stroke”. Dr. Karen Nolan is a Senior Research Scientist Kessler Foundation

Thanks for joining us for the 2018 seventh annual stroke conference “The Pulse of Stroke rehabilitation”. This conference is sponsored by Kessler Institute for Rehabilitation. In this podcast lecture, Helen Horng, Pharm. D., BCCCP presented “ Pharmaceutical Interventions for Stroke”. Helen Horng is a Clinical Pharmacy Specialist, University Hospital. This presentation was recorded by Joan Banks-Sm...

Thanks for joining us for the 2018 seventh annual stroke conference “The Pulse of Stroke rehabilitation”. This conference is sponsored by Kessler Institute for Rehabilitation. In this podcast lecture, Arielle Resnick, PT, DPT, NCS presented “ Emerging Technologies in Stroke Rehabilitation”. Arielle Resnick , is aClinical Specialist, Residency Program Coordinator at Kessler Institute for Rehabilita...

Thanks for joining us for the 2018 seventh annual stroke conference “The Pulse of Stroke rehabilitation”. This conference is sponsored by Kessler Institute for Rehabilitation. In this podcast lecture, A.M. Barrett, MD presented “ Practice-RRuN: A Practice-based Inpatient Rehabilitation Research Network to Improve Spatial Neglect Care ”. Dr. Barrett, is the Behavioral Neurology/Cognitive Rehabilita...

Thanks for joining us for the 2018 seventh annual stroke conference “The Pulse of Stroke rehabilitation”. This conference is sponsored by Kessler Institute for Rehabilitation. In this podcast lecture, Gretchen March, OTR presented “Why Don’t We? Putting Evidence Based Concepts into Practice “. Gretchen March is a Advanced Clinical Specialist at Kessler Institute for Rehabilitation. This presentati...

Thanks for joining us for the 2018 seventh annual stroke conference “The Pulse of Stroke rehabilitation”. This conference is sponsored by Kessler Institute for Rehabilitation. In this podcast lecture, Kristina Morro, OTR/L and Charlotte Rozycki, MSN, RN presented “ Behavioral Challenges Following Stroke: Strategies for Successful Participation”. Kristina Morro, is an Advanced Clinical Specialist a...

Welcome to a Kessler Foundation Spinal Cord Injury Grand Rounds podcast featuring guest speaker Cheri Blauwet, MD. Dr. Blauwet presented "Evidence-Based Injury and Illness Prevention in Paralympic Sport." Dr. Blauwet, a highly decorated paralympian, physician, and SCI Model System colleague (from the New England Regional Spinal Cord Injury Center)For more information about Dr. Blauwet, go to https...

Join host Jon Strum as he breaks down the latest multiple sclerosis news. Talking about the amazing MS research that’s currently being done in laboratories around the world — and talking to some of the brilliant neuroscientists who are conducting that research! Listen to host Jon Strum as he interviews Dr. John DeLuca, the Senior Vice-President of Research & Training at the Kessler Foundation, and...

In a round table discussion, Kessler Foundation’s communication manager, CarolAnn Murphy talked with Kessler’s experts in the field exploring optimal ways to treat the most common breast cancer symptoms – fatigue and weakness. This team is studying new approaches to the problem of cancer-related weakness in women who have been treated for breast cancer.  Round table panel: Host: CarolAnn Murphy, P...

In this podcast series, episode 2 of “Topics in Breast Cancer Rehabilitation”, Dr. Ashish Khanna presented “Cancer Related Fatigue” to the staff at Kessler Foundation on February 8, 2018. Dr. Khanna is a cancer rehabilitation attending physician at Kessler Institute for Rehabilitation in West Orange, NJ Dr. Khanna completed his residency in Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation at the Kingsbrook Je...

In this podcast series, episode 3 of “Topics in Breast Cancer Rehabilitation” Dr. Didier Allexandre was interviewed about the ongoing breast cancer study that examines the effect of exercise training on breast cancer related symptoms of weakness and fatigue. Dr. Allexandre is a Research Scientist at Kessler Foundation. This podcast was produced and edited by Joan Banks-Smith, Creative Producer for...

Expert Interview Series with guest host Dr. Erica Weber! In this episode, Dr. Weber speaks with Dr. Sarah Raskin, professor of Psychology & Neuroscience and Director of the Neuroscience Program at Trinity College, Hartford, CT about prospective memory. To listen to the lecture mentioned in this podcast, go to https://soundcloud.com/kesslerfoundation/17sep18-neurospeakersseries-sarah-raskin Be sure...

Welcome to a Kessler Foundation Neuro Speakers Series podcast. Guest lecturer Dr. Sarah Raskin presented “Assessment and Management of Prospective Memory Deficits in Clinical Populations” on Tuesday, September 18th at the Kessler Foundation Conference Center, East Hanover, NJ Dr. Erica Weber welcomed Dr. Raskin at the start of this podcast. Dr. Raskin is a professor of Psychology & Neuroscience an...

Welcome to a multiple sclerosis (MS) roundtable discussion with visiting scientists Fabiola Garcia and Yolanda Higueras, PhD, and Kessler Foundation’s Drs. Nancy D. Chiaravalloti and Denise Krch. The guests discuss their collaborative research treating new learning and memory deficits in people with MS using the modified Story Memory Technique (mSMT). For more information about Kessler Foundation...

Stay@Work/Return2Work Thanks for joining us for Episode 3 of the Stay at Work, Return to Work Podcast Series. In this episode Laura Viglione, Communications Specialist at Kessler Foundation, met with Adria De Simone, MS, CRC, LAC, Spinal Cord Injury Vocational Resource Facilitator at Kessler Institute for Rehabilitation. They discuss Adria's background in employment facilitation and how it has pre...

Welcome to a Kessler Foundation Spinal Cord Injury Grand Rounds podcast featuring guest speaker Jill Wecht, EdD. Dr. Wecht presented "Systemic and Cerebral Hemodynamics in Persons with SCI: Presentation, Consequences, Treatments." Dr. Wecht is a professor of Medicine and Rehabilitation Medicine, Mount Sinai School of Medicine and VA RR&D Research Health Science Specialist. For more information abo...

Recorded on July 16, 2018 Welcome to a Kessler Foundation stroke research lecture podcast. This episode features Dr. Michael Reznik presenting “Delirium After Brain Injury” Dr. Reznik is a neurologist in the division of Neurocritical Care at Rhode Island Hospital and assistant professor of Neurology and Neurosurgery at the Warren Alpert Medical School at Brown University. He completed residency tr...

Recorded on July 13, 2018 Welcome to a Kessler Foundation Human Performance and Engineering research guest speaker presentation. Guest speaker Marom Bikson, a Cattell Professor of Biomedical Engineering at The City College of New York (CCNY) of the City University of New York (CUNY) and co-Director of the Neural Engineering Group at the New York Center for Biomedical Engineering presented "Underst...